2024/0370

1. 16 Sep 2024

   Received by Rossendale

2. 26 Sep 2024

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 5 Nov 2024

   Decision issued: Approve with Conditions

4. 21 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.

Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination, not a planning judgement. It asks the council to confirm either that existing use or works are lawful, often through the passage of time, or that a proposal would not need planning permission at all. The applicant must prove the facts; the merits of the scheme are not considered.

More on lawful development applications in our guide

• 2023/0018 Granted

  Deerplay Rest Home 10 Heald Lane Weir Bacup Lancashire OL13 8NZ

  Conversion and alterations of a former Care Home with attached Sunday School into an Apartment Building with six dwellings plus three attached Town Houses.

  11 Jan 2023 214m away Full applications
• 2021/0336 Granted

  6 Greenwood Drive Weir Bacup Lancashire OL13 8RY

  Householder: Single storey gable extension attached to existing garage and extension to front of existing garage

  28 May 2021 223m away Householder
• 2023/0063 Granted

  5 Philips Road Weir Bacup Lancashire OL13 8RH

  Householder: Single Storey gable extension to existing dormer bungalow

  2 Feb 2023 346m away Householder
• 2021/0347 Granted

  178 Burnley Road Bacup Lancashire OL13 8QE

  S73 Application: variation of condition 2 (approved plans) pursuant to planning permission 2017/0640 to enable alterations to the approved scheme of landscaping / boundary treatment (part retrospective). Conditions(s) Removal:

  3 Jun 2021 472m away Amendments
• 2021/0341 Refused

  2 Bent Estate Beaufort Road Weir Bacup Lancashire OL13 8QX

  Full; New Agricultural Storage Building

  1 Jun 2021 481m away Full applications

• 2026/0205 Granted

  3 Weir Lane Weir Bacup Lancashire OL13 8QA

  Proposed reroofing of existing terraced property

  5 Jun 2026 Lawful development
• 2026/0263 Awaiting decision

  36 Dean Lane Water Rossendale Lancashire BB4 9RA

  Construction of two of Natural Flood Management (NFM) interventions - a clay core earth bund and timber sluice to control water levels in an exsting lodge pool. These are designed to reduce flood risk to communities downstream by slowing the flow and attenuating water in the catchment above areas at flood risk. Three ?Communities at Risk of Flooding? will directly benefit from the scheme: Dean Lane, Forest Holme & Lumb, and Whitewell & Piercy, and additional benefits will contribute to wider peak flow reduction downstream on the River Irwell. This site forms part of a 'phase 2' extension of an existing NFM scheme comprised of three sites within the Whitewell Brook catchment which formed 'phase 1' , have already been granted Lawful Development Certificates in 2025 and were delivered over the last year (Peers Clough Farm, Far Bank End Farm and Hoyle Dean Farm). With these three sites complete, they are already delivering flood risk reduction and a host of co-benefits including habitat enhancement, increased biodiversity, improved water quality, carbon sequestration, maintenance of flows during drought periods and more. This additional site (alongside a separate application for an NFM scheme at Far Bank Top Farm), will extend the benefits of Phase 1 with additional interventions across this and the other referenced site to slow the flow of water and temporarily store peak flows in the landscape to reduce flood levels downstream.

  10 Jul 2026 Lawful development
• 2026/0146 Granted

  11 Mount Pleasant Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6RT

  Proposed Lawful Development Certificate: Addition of a Rear Dormer.

  21 Apr 2026 Lawful development
• 2026/0207 Granted

  4 Hall Close Reeds Holme Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8PS

  Demolition of existing conservatory, erection of new single storey rear extension and single garage conversion. Extension and conversion spaces to comprise of a lounge and snug accommodation respectively.

  8 Jun 2026 Lawful development
• 2026/0184 Withdrawn

  8 Alderwood Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7RY

  Lawful Development Certificate (proposed): erection of single-storey rear extension. (Fee of £274 transferred to new application 2026/0184)

  18 May 2026 Lawful development